akudlacek

Re:Microsoft PowerToys on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @11:31AM (#45199192)

Found this to keep my computer awake temporarily but there's a lot more useful stuff here, and it's available on the Microsoft store.

Favorites so far: PowerToys Awake - keep a computer awake without having to manage its power & sleep settings File Locksmith - check which files are in use and by which processes PowerRename - bulk file renaming Text Extractor - copy text anywhere on screen

Microsoft PowerToys

Posted by akudlacek on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @11:31AM
from the learn.microsoft.com dept.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/

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Re:US Sues eBay for Allowing Sale of More Than 300k Emissions Defeat D... on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:04PM (#37836770)

exactly

Re:US Sues eBay for Allowing Sale of More Than 300k Emissions Defeat D... on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:02PM (#37836752)

This will do nothing to stop people from removing their mufflers.

Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:47PM (#33181269)

I cast my vote by dropping my measly $3 a month donation.

Re:File transfers via the parallel port on DOS using LapLink on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @05:22PM (#31020453)

Not as convenient for transfering from a modern Windows 10 to MS-DOS. I ran into this problem and used Kermit and teraterm. Teraterm has ability to transfer over a couple different protocols.

Re:Google Drive: Shortcuts replacing files and folders stored in multi... on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @03:34PM (#31007275)

Google Drive changing causing issues like this is why I moved to Syncthing. In google drive every so often I would have to de-duplicate a bunch of files appended with (1).